Question of the day

[kiya]

Why "stuck pig"?

Is there something particularly bloody about the way pigs bleed when stabbed?

Comments

[aegidian]

Not particularly, but when being slaughtered pigs were stabbed to allow them to bleed out, as the blood can be used in delicacies like Black pudding, hence the expression. See also: "everything except the oink".

[kiya]

... fascinating. I wasn't expecting that anyone would actually know.

Thanks!